- Years in practice
- 22
- Credentials
- LICSW, LCSW
- Licensed in
- Washington, Massachusetts, Utah, Maine, Connecticut
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Hope
Hope Schaffrick is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people handle stress, parenting strain, anxiety, depression, and the fallout from trauma and abuse. She speaks plain language and focuses on practical steps you can use between sessions. Her approach is warm and interactive and aimed at making therapy feel doable for busy lives.
With 22 years of clinical experience, she draws on a mix of evidence-based tools and relationship-focused work.
Background and approach
Sessions often include straightforward skills for managing strong emotions, strategies for changing unhelpful patterns, and attention to how attachment and relationships affect daily life. She adapts methods to the person in front of her rather than following one fixed plan.
Hope treats a wide range of concerns including addiction, grief, intimacy-related issues, anger, self-esteem, career stress, and neurodiversity-related challenges like ADHD and autism. She also supports people facing abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and body image struggles. Parenting is a named focus and she helps parents sort practical routines, communication, and boundaries.
Her style centers on respect, sensitivity, and clear collaboration. She avoids stigmatizing labels and works to create a space where people can name what feels hard and try small, useful changes. Many people find this combination of skill-building and emotional attention helpful when life feels overwhelming.
Hope holds an MA, is a LICSW, and is a LCSW in Connecticut. She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that fits their needs.
What Hope works with
Everything Hope lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Hope helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Hope lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Hope commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy alongside client-centered techniques. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and it helps people move toward values-based actions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns shape how people connect and respond, which can clarify parenting and intimacy concerns. Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes the person’s perspective, offering empathic listening and collaboration so goals come from the client rather than a preset agenda.Finding the best approach is part of the work. Hope will talk with each person about goals, challenges, and preferences and then shape sessions so methods fit the person. That means trying techniques, checking how they land, and adjusting over time in a collaborative way.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and practice interactional skills. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, tracking progress, or when someone prefers written reflection. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving routines while keeping focus on progress and problem solving.
Questions people ask about Hope
What issues does Hope commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, and related challenges such as ADHD and caregiver stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and interactive, combining skill-building with attention to relationships and emotions. Sessions aim for clear steps you can try between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of clinical experience working in practice across multiple settings and with many kinds of concerns.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She holds an MA and is a LICSW and a LCSW in Connecticut. The profile notes Connecticut as her listed location.
In which languages can someone meet with her?
Sessions are offered in English. She is also open to working with international clients.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and routines.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the process to start working with this therapist?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.
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